Senior Cost Manager - MEP

Turner & Townsend International Limited; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Dubai is seeking an MEP Senior Cost Manager to oversee cost management for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing projects. The role involves budgeting, estimating, and managing a team to ensure successful project delivery. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in cost management and MEP systems, with excellent negotiation and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering cost management services.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge of MEP supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Manage early budgets, estimating, and cost planning.
• Produce monthly post contract cost reports.
• Lead a cost management team.

Skills

Cost Management

Negotiation

Communication

Education

MRICS or similar

Tools

Digital Software

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MEP Senior Cost Manager, to join our busy team in Dubai. Supporting our clients to deliver projects and programmes across a variety of sectors.

The position will be focused the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) specific deliverables within a larger project.

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting. The role may also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the MEP team.

A good knowledge of MEP systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor and their MEP supply chain.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include the following, either as part of a larger project or leading an MEP direct commission:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Qualifications

Experience and Skills:

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Professionally qualified (MRICS or similar) or working towards.
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.
• Experience in delivering MEP elements of work for clients
• Knowledge & contacts within the MEP supply chain (tier 1 and below)
• Utilising digital software for delivery of cost management services
• Commercially astute with good negotiation skills
• Excellent people person and great communicator, both client facing and team based
• UAE experience is advantage

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